Phelps Hospital to host sports medicine conference Jan. 15

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center  will hold a free sports medicine and trauma conference on Jan. 15, which will focus on the prevention, effects and treatment of sports-related injuries and illnesses.

The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at General Electric’s John F. Welch Leadership Development Center at Crotonville in Ossining. Physicians, neurologists, orthopedists and cardiologists from Phelps will lead the presentations and discussions.

Topics covered during the conference will include the collapse and sudden death of athletes, sports injuries, diagnosis and management of knee cartilage injuries, spinal trauma and the heart of the female athlete.

Officials said the conference is geared toward doctors, school health professionals, coaches and trainers. Pre-registration is required.

For more information or to pre-register, contact AnnMarie Savino at 914-366-3577 or by email at cee@pmhc.us.